Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$25,000.00Max Investment:
$250,000.00Target Investment:
$50,000.00
Skills
Education
- DC
- TT
- SJ
Lists including John
Investments
Hyphen
Total Funding: $51M
Lunchbox Technologies
Total Funding: $72M
Allocations
Total Funding: $9M
Athletic Brewing
Total Funding: $86M
MarginEdge
Total Funding: $33M
HigherMe
Total Funding: $3.5M
Botkeeper
Total Funding: $48M
Toast
Total Funding: $900M
Spindrift Soda
Total Funding: $25K
Work Experience
1997
Chief Advisor, Co-Founder
2024
Co-Founder, CEO, Chief Worker Advocate
1997 - 2024
Founded in 1997. Even a Burrito Aspires. Certified B Corp.
Board of Advisors
2014
2018
Private Investor
2018
2018
Private Investor
2018
2018
Private Investor
2018
2022
Founder & Managing Partner
2022
211 is an informal collective of business leaders that invests in purpose-driven start-ups in consumer and technology. We bring passionate capital as well as decades of mistakes and experience to the arena. Why 211? 1 degree makes all the difference Water boils at 212ºF… and yet at 211ºF it’s hard to tell what, if anything, is happening. In business, and in life, its not much different. Challenges increase over varying lengths of time. Problems stack on top of each other. Until one day everything erupts - processes deteriorate, teams fall apart, businesses suffer immense setbacks, and even tempers flare. Often when we reach that boiling point, it’s too late to do anything constructive. At 211VC, our goal is to invest in and support start-up businesses before the challenges reach boiling point. Usually at the very beginning when frustration is what often causes an entrepreneur to endeavor on something new and innovative. We join the team with ultra-patient capital and experience at a time when optimism and cooler heads prevail while experience, past mistakes and wisdom can lead to solid partnerships with determined founders and exciting long-term solutions. We strive to meet and invest in technology companies and founders that are attempting to: 1) provide meaningful and innovative benefits to the frontline, often hourly, workforce – while also supporting employers who aim to improve the lives of their employees 2) provide innovate tools and capabilities to small businesses – often restaurants – to help them win even against their most formidable, much larger competitors 3) develop a consumer startup or brand - think beverages, food, restaurants – that is so special it can’t be ignored. When we make an investment in this category, get in your car or hop online with your credit card ready because we are absolutely sure you won’t be disappointed!
2019
Private Investor
2019
Private Investor
2014
2018
Private Investor
2018
2018
Private Investor
2018